How Sonarr Works

  SONARR AUTOMATION PIPELINE
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  1. MONITOR              2. SEARCH              3. DOWNLOAD

  You add a TV show       Sonarr searches        rTorrent downloads
  to your library         your indexers          the episode
       │                       │                      │
       ▼                       ▼                      ▼
  ┌──────────┐           ┌──────────┐           ┌──────────┐
  │  Sonarr  │──search──▶│ Prowlarr │──found───▶│ rTorrent │
  │          │           │ /Jackett │           │          │
  │ Monitors │           │          │           │ Downloads│
  │ for new  │           │ Queries  │           │ torrent  │
  │ episodes │           │ indexers │           └────┬─────┘
  └──────────┘           └──────────┘                │
                                                Completed
  4. ORGANIZE              5. STREAM                 │
                                                     ▼
  ┌──────────┐           ┌──────────┐          ┌──────────┐
  │  Sonarr  │──library──▶│  Plex /  │──▶ 📱💻 │  Rename  │
  │ renames  │           │ Jellyfin │          │  & move  │
  │ & moves  │           │          │          │  to lib  │
  └──────────┘           └──────────┘          └──────────┘

What You Need

  SONARR ECOSYSTEM
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  Required:
  ├── Sonarr           (this guide)
  └── Indexers via Prowlarr or Jackett

  Recommended:
  ├── Prowlarr         (unified indexers)
  ├── Plex or Jellyfin (streaming)
  └── Bazarr           (subtitles)

  Install order: Prowlarr → Sonarr → Plex

2. First login para o seu área do cliente:

2. Pesquisar for Sonarr in o aplicativolication section and choose Instalar:

3. Wait for it to finish installing:

4. Abrir Sonarr application:

5. Login with your credenciais:

5. Clique em Settings than choose Indexers:

6. Input any RSS torrent feed, Usenet indexers, or api key you have. Se vocêr tracker does not have an RSS feed você pode create one with Jackett:

5. Clique em Profiles and adjust any of the profiles para o seu liking by adding and removing quality:

6. On the quality tab você pode move the sliders to change size cut offs of specific quality definitions if you like:

7. On the conectar tab você pode set notifications to various applications to let you know when Sonarr has downloaded a new episode:

8. Você pode adjust episode naming if you with do Media Management tab:

9. Baixar client tab leave at its defaults:

10. Clique em the Series botão and put a series you quer add inpara o search below choose the Profile you wish and click the + botão to add it:

Trouble Shooting

11. Vá para your Show and ensure it is watching for whatever seasons you wish to download:

12. It is setup to sync every 15 minutes on its own and pull new shows, if you wish to search now click the magnifier glass:

TroubleShooting

Reinstall

2. Pesquisar for Sonarr under applications and click Reinstall:

2. Chose Remove Config:

Guias relacionados

• Set Up Radarr (Movies)
• Set Up Lidarr (Music)
• Set Up Jackett (Indexers)
• Set Up Plex

Understanding Quality Profiles

  QUALITY PROFILE GUIDE
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  Profile          Resolution    Size/Episode    Best For
  ───────          ──────────    ────────────    ────────
  SD               480p          200-500 MB      Slow connection
  HD-720p          720p          500 MB-1.5 GB   Good balance
  HD-1080p         1080p         1.5-4 GB        Most users ✓
  Ultra-HD         2160p/4K      5-15 GB         4K displays
  Any              Best match    Varies          "Just get it"

  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  │  Recommended: HD-1080p for most users.           │
  │  See our quality settings guide for fine-tuning. │
  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Sonarr Key Settings

  IMPORTANT SETTINGS TO CONFIGURE
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  Settings → Media Management:
  ├── Rename Episodes: YES ✓
  ├── Standard Format: {Series Title} - S{season:00}E{episode:00}
  ├── Root Folder: /downloads/tv-shows/
  └── Import Extra Files: srt,sub (subtitles)

  Settings → Download Clients:
  └── rTorrent (pre-configured on your seedbox ✓)

  Settings → Indexers:
  └── Managed by Prowlarr (recommended)
      or add manually via Jackett

For detailed quality settings including 4K, see our Sonarr and Radarr Quality Settings Guide. To connect Prowlarr for unified indexer management, see our Prowlarr Setup Guide.